Grønnessegaard
Manor estate founded by Johan Frederik Classen in 1776.
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Where it is
Coordinates: 55°57′14″N 11°55′19″E (55.9540, 11.9220) · Open in OpenStreetMap
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About 50 kilometers northwest of Copenhagen, just east of Hundested in Halsnæs Municipality, lies the manor and estate Grønnessegaard. Founded in 1776 by Johan Frederik Classen, its two-story main building dates to 1859.
History
Johan Frederik Classen and his partner Just Fabritius had established the nearby Frederick's Works arms factory in 1756, and the town of Frederiksværk had formed around it. Over the years Classen acquired surrounding land from the crown, establishing Arresødal in 1773. In 1776, he merged the villages of Gryndese, Rorup and Fornerup into another manor named Grønnessegaard. These manors produced food for the factory workers and served as a labour reserve.
Prince Carl, married to Princess Louise of Denmark, had been governor of Norway and Slesvig-Holsten. In 1804, he ceded the properties to Crown Prince Frederick. Ownership passed from the crown to the government in 1840, and copyholds were later converted into freeholds.
The remains of Grønnessegaard were sold in 1859 to Jørgen and Henrik Jørgen Hellemann, who had leased the estate. Henrik Jørgen Hellemann became sole owner in 1879, selling to Andreas Chr. Nissen in 1897. His son Andreas Nissen succeeded him. In 1921, Nissen's widow sold the estate to Karl Albert Hasselbalch.
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- Wikipedia: Grønnessegaard (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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